Kurdistan Press Agency
Kurdistan
Ten prisoners were executed in Iran
According to reliable sources from Iran ten prisoners were executed in two different prisons in Iran, early morning on December 24.
Human Rights
Iran
Man hanged in public despite critical condition
The public execution for a prisoner was carried out on the dawn of Saturday in the Danesh Square in Shahre Kord even while the prisoner needed urgent medical attention.
Kurdistan
Kurdish prisoner's death sentence commuted
Iranian authorities have reduced the death sentence of Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian to life in prison, Jalalian's defence attorney reports.
Iran
Iran says it arrests suspected US spy
Iran's Intelligence Ministry said Saturday that its agents have arrested a person of Iranian origin on suspicion of spying for the United States.
Iran
Executions for drug crimes surge in Iran: Amnesty
Iran has executed more people for drug-related crimes in 2011 than in the previous two years combined, in "a killing spree of staggering proportions," Amnesty International said Thursday.
Iran
Jailed Iranian Blogger Goes On Hunger Strike
Jailed Iranian blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has issued a letter of protest two days after starting a hunger strike at Evin Prison.
Iran
81 arrests in 81 days: Two detained in the city of Piranshar
Two individuals were arrested in the city of Piranshar (Iranian Kurdistan, Northwest Iran)by the Iranian government’s Intelligence unit.
Human Rights
Missing American in Iran believed alive
The family of an American man reportedly being held hostage in Iran is asking for help bringing him home. Bob Levinson's family has released a video of him they received a year ago.
Human Rights
Nobel Women’s Initiative highlights prison case of Iran attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh
For the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign the Nobel Women’s Initiative highlighted the plight of Iranian lawyer and human rights advocate Nasrin Sotoudeh who still remains under incarceration in spite of international…
Human Rights
Violence continues across Syria
Syrian forces have killed at least 30 people, including three children, after firing on anti-government demonstrations across the country during a planned national strike, activists have said.